Scene: Me in a T-Mobile store where there is one other customer and the clerk.

Me: I got caught in a big rainstorm and my cell phone must have gotten wet and ever since the ringer seems to be broken.

Store Clerk: Let me see the phone.

Store clerk starts fiddling with the phone – testing the ring tones.

Me: The ringer technically works but you can barely hear it.

Store Clerk: Um, it looks like you had the volume turned down. All fixed.

I walked quickly out of the store, averting all eye contact. I think I heard laughter behind me.

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